John Adams is executive editor of payments for American Banker. John interviews top executives in the payments, cryptocurrency and fintech industries, hosts podcasts, moderates conference panels and curates the new Payments Intelligence portal.
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John has been with American Banker and related products for 30 years, covering bank technology, advertising, mortgages and capital markets.
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The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google Pay supports gold sales in India; German regulators pressure N26; Bakkt adds payment veteran; Amazon acquires robotics company Canvas Technology.
April 12 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square opens online store in U.K.; Swift releases new security research; Physical ATM attacks on the rise; Most hotels have a security gap.
April 11 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Walmart expands robot program; Regulators say banks aren't moving fast enough on PSD2; Bitstamp gets New York license; New iPHone attack; Financeit appoints execs for U.S. expansion.
April 10 -
Contactless transit fare systems are drawing lots of investment despite several false starts in the U.S. But new numbers out of London show there are clear and multiple benefits if the infrastructure can catch up.
April 10 -
A Cleveland startup’s play in the crowded and noisy P2P market is to nudge the transaction as close to digital version of paper money as possible — without Venmo’s social tools or Zelle’s email model.
April 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Paytm adds staff for offline initiative; Standard Chartered opens an innovation hub in Kenya; Santander bolsters payment security; PhonePe chases fanstasy cricket payments.
April 9 -
Traditional U.S. retail is in crisis at the hands of e-commerce. Bankers have a role to play to stop the bleeding through a combination of service, incentives, and payments technology.
April 9 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Attackers hit DNS servers at financial companies; Shareholder sues over Fiserv's deal to buy First Data; New sandbox; Digital ID advances in the Philippines; Russia's gas company turns to DLT.
April 8 -
As Amazon experiments in retail models that remove cash and plastic cards in favor of online and mobile payments, traditional retailers may have an ace up their sleeve: the gift card.
April 8 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Western Union expands in the Philippines; Apple Pay's transit pay reaches Singapore; The SEC issues guidance on ICOs; Sila launches a smart contract program.
April 5 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Apple Pay jumps in Australia; Blockchain advances for health care payments; A new DLT group in Europe; Facebook suffers another security vulnerability.
April 4 -
Amazon’s incursion into brick and mortar has been aggressive, but not without its share of course corrections. The latest is a new round of price cuts at Whole Foods amid whispers of slow Prime traffic at the high-end grocer.
April 3 -
Large investment houses see an opportunity to improve financial conditions for contract workers, accelerate evolution away from cash to digital payments, expand the smartphone as a commerce device and streamline user experience.
April 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Amazon cuts prices at Whole Foods; eBay alters its advertising strategy; Georgia Tech suffers a breach; Amazon extends contract with Delta Airlines.
April 3 -
FIS’s $43 billion agreement to acquire Worldpay and Fiserv’s $22 billion deal to buy First Data are largely closing the gaps between financial technology and merchant acquiring. But these mergers are only the first of many steps.
April 3 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Coinbase and Ripple partner for payment feature; Fingopay will launch vein payments in Manchester; Fintechs ManoMano and Novo draw investors.
April 2 -
The gig economy presents many challenges in its reliance on a freelance workforce. Among those is the task of managing corporate spending for workers that don't use a corporate card or expense platform.
April 2 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Google enhances invoice editing; Consumers may use Apple Pay more with a card; Facebook's hiring more blockchain talent; Researchers spot advanced keylogging.
April 1 -
Mastercard has spent years attempting to overhaul transit payments to allow riders to pay with a contactless credit or debit card. This time around, it expects Apple Pay to play a significant role.
April 1 -
The information you need to start your day, from PaymentsSource and around the Web. Today: Square and Apple Pay go to the ballpark; Government payment gateway draws funds; CoinAcquiring approaches merchants; Movie ticket subscriptions get even more crowded.
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